Early Origins of the Stillmend family

The surname Stillmend was first found in Essex where one of the first records of the name was Robert Stegelman who was listed there in 1270. John Stileman was also listed in Essex in the Subsidy Rolls in 1327. In the same year John Stighelman was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X) Bardsley claims the name originally was "a local name as in 'the stileman,' is the man who lived as the stile. " [2]CITATION[CLOSE]Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)

Early History of the Stillmend family

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Early Notables of the Stillmend family (pre 1700)

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Migration of the Stillmend family to the New World and Oceana

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..